, one of those buffoons who disgrace the regular professions, was
, one of those buffoons who disgrace the
regular professions, was the curate of the parish of St. Juste
in Florence, in the fifteenth century. The name of his
family was Mainardi, but he is generally known by that of
Arlotto. He acquired notice in his time by his jests and
witticisms, some of which that have been transmitted to
us are upon subjects too sacred for ridicule or trifling.
After his death, a collection was published with the title
of “Facetie piacevoli, Fabule e Motti del Piovano Arlotto,
Prete Fioreritino,
” Venice,